X-Message-Number: 18636 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 10:30:05 -0700 From: Mike Perry <> Subject: Fermi Paradox Theory? >Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:48:30 -0500 >From: "Dickey, Michael F" <> >... >_Why do we think the human race will become extinct later this century? _ >Because ... >high energy particle accelerator mishaps which could destroy our local >space-time continuum. ... It doesn't seem likely, but for all we know there is some way to destabilize the fabric of space-time so the universe will self-destruct. If it's possible, then I suppose it's inevitable. In a few decades or centuries even lone terrorists may have the means--and some loony will do it. This could explain why we don't see extraterrestrials. When intelligence emerges, it wipes out the universe it's in! Let's hope not. Meanwhile we must keep trying to make life something greater, not less, than it already is. Mike Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18636